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Steven Mnuchin
Steven Terner Mnuchin is an American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the first cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. Serving for nearly a full presidential term, Mnuchin was one of the few high-profile members of Trump's cabinet whom the president did not dismiss during his first term.
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2026· 9 entries
“To help make these programs sustainable into the future, we should focus on strengthening the economy today. Compounding growth will help ease projected shortfalls.”
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“should send a message that the international financial institutions need to operate more efficiently”
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“honored to have the opportunity to serve our great country in this important role”
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“our number one priority is tax reform”
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“This president [...] is going to have open communication with business leaders”
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“a lot of people in California and New York [...] wanted to stop being friends”
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“In no way did I use [offshore entities] to avoid U.S. taxes.”
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TheWrap: Lionsgate Sets Former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Board of Directors
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2025· 2 entries
Business Insider: Here's Steven Mnuchin's take on those Trump 2.0 recession fears
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CNBC: Steven Mnuchin on TikTok: We'd be very interested in investing the business
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2024· 5 entries
CNBC: Steven Mnuchin: Trump should increase tariffs on China
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Bloomberg L.P.: Steven Mnuchin Says It’s Time to Kill the New Treasury Bond He Created
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Mnuchin announced that he's putting together the group of investors to buy TikTok
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Liberty lead the group of investors including Hudson Bay and Reverence Capital to invest over $1B in NYCB
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“s putting together the group of investors to buy TikTok. “This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There’s no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,”
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2023· 1 entry
Linton had a daughter with Mnuchin
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2022· 1 entry
With a $175 million settlement in the estate's favor
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2021· 1 entry
“It would not be an unreasonable assumption to think that people were calling me, okay, and talking about it, whether they were pushing it or not pushing it.”
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2020· 5 entries
Claimed: ““We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time.”” — rated Three Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “"I think before we got into COVID, I thought the debt was very manageable. We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time."” — rated Distorts the Facts by FactCheck.org.
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jezebel: Steven Mnuchin Says America Is Going to Keep the Portrait of a Genocidal Shitbag On Its Money
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Claimed: “Says in a March 11 Oval Office address, Trump didn’t get "things wrong at all... people misinterpreted the comments on cargo."” — rated Trump was wrong by PolitiFact.
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“final testing and filling should not take place without an agreement.”
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2018· 5 entries
At the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Argentina, Berat Albayrak, one of the 'Most Successful Economy Ministers' in the field of economy in international politics, met with the President
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Claimed: “"I think they should give the president a line-item veto. ... Congress could pass a rule, okay, that allows them to do it.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Mnuchin unveiled a series of sanctions, first time under CAATSA as well as Executive Order 13694, against various Russian entities and individuals
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Where he was heckled and initially blocked the video from being released
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The company's estate sued the former management, including Lampert and Mnuchin, for "asset stripping" during their tenure
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2017· 19 entries
Sources within the Treasury department said Mnuchin had ordered no analysis of the tax plan and that there was no Treasury analysis that showed that the tax cuts would pay for themselves
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Claimed: ““We want to get the federal government out of the business of subsidizing the states.”” — rated Needs Context by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: ““This isn't about Democrats, it's not about Republicans, it's not about race, it's not about free speech. They can do free speech on their own time.”” — rated Needs context by The Washington Post.
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Concluding that there was "no violation of law in these requests and uses" of government aircraft by Mnuchin, but also expressing concern regarding "a disconnect between the standard of proof called for in the Daley memo
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Claimed: “"We think there will be $2 trillion of growth. So we think this tax plan will cut down the deficits by a trillion dollars.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: ““Most economists believe that over 70 percent of corporate taxes are paid for by the workers.”” — rated Exaggerates by FactCheck.org.
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Mnuchin announced that the U
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Mnuchin denied the debt ceiling not being raised before the August recess would cease federal government operations, and said Congress should weigh the option of "changing the timing so that the debt ceiling matches the
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Mnuchin said the White House and House Republicans were united in views on tax reductions: "We're all on the same page
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Claimed: “Says President Donald Trump “has given more financial disclosure than anybody else.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Mnuchin said President Trump "has no intention" to release his tax returns, asserting that Trump "has released plenty of information"
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Moneycontrol: Steven Mnuchin
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Mnuchin was confirmed by the U
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Mnuchin was confirmed as secretary of the treasury by a vote of 53–47
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The Senate Finance Committee approved his nomination by a vote of 11–0 with all Democrats boycotting the vote, sending the nomination to the Senate floor
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Mnuchin was criticized by Democrats for OneWest's foreclosure practices
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“Since I was first nominated to serve as treasury secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage of others”
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A leaked internal memo from the California attorney general's office was published, stating that the prosecutor's office had found more than a thousand violations of foreclosure law by OneWest during Mnuchin's tenure
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Treasury (2017–2021).
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2016· 9 entries
Mnuchin resigned from the board of directors of CIT as a result of his selection as nominee for Secretary of the Treasury
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Donald Trump announced on his website that he would nominate Mnuchin as United States Secretary of the Treasury
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Election won: 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump.
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For which he received a last-minute invitation
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump.
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And was named National Finance Chairman for the campaign
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Mnuchin had been involved in politics only by donating money to campaigns
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Mnuchin had donated $4,000 to Democrats Kamala Harris and Michael Wildes
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Most notably marked by Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the pregame singing of the national anthem
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2015· 1 entry
Mnuchin sold OneWest to CIT Group for $3
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2012· 1 entry
After Dune's deal with 20th Century Fox ended, Mnuchin worked with the filmmaker Brett Ratner and the Australian businessman James Packer to merge his Dune Entertainment company with Ratner and Packer's newly founded Rat
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2011· 1 entry
And it stated the standards for use of government aircraft by senior executive branch officials were given in OMB Circular A-126, dated February 10, 1993
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2009· 1 entry
A group led by Mnuchin bought California-based residential lender IndyMac, which had been in receivership by the FDIC and owned $23
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2005· 2 entries
With Sears to form Sears Holdings, he continued on the board of the new company until his nomination as Treasury secretary in 2016
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After his mother died in early 2005, Mnuchin and his brother liquidated her investments, making $3.2 million.
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2004· 1 entry
Mnuchin founded Dune Entertainment as a side business
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2002· 5 entries
“First of all, I think the United States is the greatest country in the world to invest in. And we see that. And we see that money is pouring into the United States for those reasons. So I think we're really going to be focused on economic growth and creating jobs. And that's really going to be the priority.”
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After 17 years of employment, with an estimated $46 millions of company stock and $12
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Worked for and founded several hedge funds and launched Dune Entertainment, a film production company that financed several films for 20th Century Fox
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Mnuchin held the following positions as a partner:
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Mnuchin briefly worked as vice-chairman of hedge fund ESL Investments, which is owned by his Yale roommate Edward Lampert
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1999· 1 entry
Mnuchin married Heather deForest Crosby, and they had three children together
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1985· 2 entries
And started working for Goldman Sachs, where his father had been employed since 1957
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Mnuchin joined the investment bank Goldman Sachs where his father, Robert Mnuchin, was a general partner
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1962· 2 entries
Born 1962-12-21.
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In New York City, the second-youngest son in his family
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